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PerC Manipulates Metabolism and Surface Antigens in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2017
Mellies Jay L, Platenkamp Amy, Osborn Jossef, Ben-Avi Lily
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is an important cause of profuse, watery diarrhea in infants living in developing regions of the world. Typical strains of EPEC (tEPEC) possess a virulence plasmid, while related clinical isolates that lack the pEAF plasmid are termed atypical EPEC (aEPEC). tEPEC and aEPEC tend to cause acute vs. more chronic type infections, respectively. The pEAF plasmid encodes an attachment...
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